Giglio Castello

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Giglio Castello

Total population

557

Elevation405 m

Coordinates42.37°, 10.90°

Demographic figures from ISTAT. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Giglio Castello is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Isola del Giglio, province of Grosseto. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 568. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Raffaello Brignetti

Italian writer (1921–1978)

M

Massimiliano Aldi

Italian basketball player (born 1967)

E

Enea Brizzi

Italian conductor and trumpeter (1821-1886)

S

Scipione Braccialini

Italian engineer and physicist (1850-1937)

S

Sergio Ortelli

Italian politician (born 1956)

P

Pacifico Pini

A

Armando Schiaffino

Italian politician

A

Attilio Brothel

Italian politician

G

Giacomo Landini

Italian politician

G

Giuseppe Ulivi

Italian politician (1930-2015)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Tuscany

• Porto Ercole
  15.6 mi away · pop. 2,676
• Orbetello
  16.6 mi away · pop. 14,878
• Principina Terra
  26.9 mi away
• Pereta
  28.9 mi away · pop. 182
• Punta Ala
  31 mi away
• Pomonte
  31.9 mi away · pop. 26
• Istia d'Ombrone
  32.3 mi away
• Montorgiali
  32.7 mi away · pop. 162
• Preselle
  32.8 mi away
• Tirli
  33.1 mi away · pop. 284
• Poggioferro
  33.2 mi away · pop. 197
• Arcille
  34.9 mi away

Browse all places in Tuscany →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Pearly Razorfish

Xyrichtys novacula

Seen 2026-09-25

Lang's Short-tailed Blue

Leptotes pirithous

Seen 2026-09-25

Egyptian Bird Grasshopper

Anacridium aegyptium

Seen 2026-09-25

Clouded Yellow

Colias crocea

Seen 2026-09-25

Two-tailed Pasha

Charaxes jasius

Seen 2026-09-25

European Hornet

Vespa crabro

Seen 2026-09-23

Podarcis siculus tyrrhenicus

Podarcis siculus tyrrhenicus

Seen 2026-09-10

Western Marsh Harrier

Circus aeruginosus

Seen 2026-09-10

Flax-leaved Daphne

Daphne gnidium

Seen 2026-09-09

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).